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New Arrival of the Week: Glen Scotia The Mermaid 12 Year Old (Icons of Campbeltown)It’s all go in Campbeltown at the moment with the announcement last month that plans for North Star Spirits’ Dál Riata distillery have been approved. This was preceded in May…
New Arrival of the Week: Holyrood Arrival Release #1Holyrood Distillery’s long-awaited inaugural whisky, Arrival, has… err… arrived (and gone, it’s all sold out). The distillery, found in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town in the shadow of…
Tasting Evan Williams, Elijah Craig and other Heaven Hill WhiskeysThe other day we were having a conversation here at Master of Malt about good value whiskey, as we often do. One thing we all agreed is that you get…
Top 10 Interesting Cask Whiskies to Try in 2023This week we’re all about the cask at Master of Malt. Whether it’s an unusual cask finish or a whisky aged in an interesting combination of barrels, we’re getting out…
Diageo Special Releases 2023 Whiskies Have Arrived!The big red ‘new whisky’ alarm at MoM Towers is going off because this year’s Diageo Special Releases are here. Diageo Special Releases 2023 are here! A fresh batch of…
Berry Bros The Collective #1: The Pioneers Whiskies (and more) Are Here!We’re celebrating independent bottlers all this week and next here at Master of Malt. And they don’t come any more prestigious than Berry Bros. & Rudd. It’s been selling wines…
Top 10 Whiskies From Independent Bottlers to Drink in 2023This week we’re celebrating the mavericks of the whisky world, independent bottlers. These are run by whisky-mad people who like nothing better than sniffing out unique casks and bottling them…
New Arrival of the Week: Compass Box MetropolisCompass Box has just unveiled the third expression in its Extinct Blends Quartet. It’s called Metropolis, it’s now available from us, and we can tell you all about it because…
Top 10 Flavoured Spirits to Drink in 2023This week, we’re all about flavour at Master of Malt. Think of Gregg Wallace saying: “this contestant understands FLAVOUR!” on Masterchef. That’s us. But just what is a flavoured spirit?…
New Arrival of the Week: Circumstance Single Grain Rye WhiskyAs Circumstance Distillery releases its very first rye whisky, we take a look at Bristol’s spirits mavericks to see how the business and their whisky is maturing. I first visited…
New Arrival of the Week: Highland Park Cask Strength – Release No.4 WhiskyBack in 2020, I tried the first batch of Highland Park’s first ever cask core range cask strength Scotch whisky, and I loved it. It didn’t seem possible for a…
The Peated Single Malt Scotch Whiskies You Need To KnowWhether it’s an Islay whisky, from the Islands or the mainland, we loved peated single malt Scotch whiskies. But there are certain bottles that are reference points, known and loved…
Single Malt vs. Blended WhiskySingle malt whisky is better than blended whisky. Right? Wrong. Well, in truth the answer to that question is: it depends. Which single malt are we talking about? And what…
Top 10 Underrated Blended Scotch WhiskiesBlended Scotch whisky is getting a lot of love from Master of Malt this week. We’re showcasing what we love about the style, from its versatility to its value, as…
How Many Brands of Scotch Whisky Are There?Last week we looked at how many whisky distilleries there are in Scotland, the answer is quite a lot and growing the whole time. Now, it’s time to answer once…
New Arrival of the Week: Tomatin Italian CollectionItaly meets Scotland for our New Arrivals this week as Tomatin releases its Italian Collection, a series of three single malt Scotch whiskies finished in Italian wine casks, a Marsala…
Fuji Gotemba Whiskey Arrives at Master of MaltJapanese whiskey from the world’s biggest whiskey distillery has just arrived. Excited? You should be. Yes, Master of Malt now stocks Fuji Gotemba whiskey (which spells whiskey with an ‘e’…
Whiskies to Enjoy with the Rugby World Cup 2023The Rugby World Cup kicks off on Friday 8 September in France and it looks like it’s going to be a cracking tournament. Though I’m an England supporter, a part…
